Passengers travelling to Southampton Airport should be aware that the M27, junctions 3 to 4 will be closed overnight in both directions from 22:00 to 05:30 tonight and tomorrow, Tuesday 14 October and Wednesday 15 October, to enable the installation of four gantries over the motorway and other road works.

This work is part of a £36m improvement scheme aimed at reducing delays between junctions 3 and 4 on the M27.

When complete there will four lanes in each direction on the M27 between these junctions. This stretch will also be equipped with gantry signs and other electronic signs providing real time information for drivers.

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Ouch, it seems that credit crunch is beginning to bite at BA’s UK airports.

Figures just released show that overall the airports handled a total of 13.3 million passengers in September – a decrease of 5% when compared with September 2007.

The largest drop in passenger traffic was at Glasgow Airport where passenger numbers fell by 11% compared with September 2007. This huge reduction was largely down to the collapse of XL and Zoom. BAA’s other Scottish airports both reported a fall in numbers: Aberdeen Airport down 4.2% and Edinburgh Airport down 2.9%.

Of BAA’s English airports, Stansted saw passenger numbers drop by 4.7%, Southampton airport down 4% and Heathrow airport saw a decrease of 3.6%. Gatwick airport reported an overall drop of 6.8% resulting from a 44% decrease in  North Atlantic traffic and an increase of 8.8% in European scheduled traffic - attributed to the introduction of the ‘Open Skies’ agreement.

Passengers travelling to Southampton Airport should be aware that the M27 will be closed overnight in both directions for from 22:00 to 05:30 tonight, Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 1 October and also on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 October to enable the installation of four gantries over the motorway and other road works.

This work is part of a £36m improvement scheme aimed at reducing delays between junctions 3 and 4 on the M27.

Rownhams Services will be also closed during these times.

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Passengers travelling to Southampton Airport are being advised of overnight road closures on the M27 tonight and tomorrow - 9 & 10 September.

The M27, junction 3 to junction 4, will be closed overnight in both directions to enable the installation of three gantries over the motorway – part of a £36m improvement scheme.

The full carriageway closures will be from 22:00 to 05:30 on each of the nights of 9 and 10 of September. During these times Rownhams Services will be closed so drivers are advised to use other service areas during these night works.

Diversion routes will be clearly signed and will use the A3057 and A27 from junctions 3 and 5.

Further closures will be necessary in late September/early October for installation of the remaining four gantries – dates to be advised.

Ground and cabin crew at Lufthansa are due to start strike action today over pay and it is uncertain how many Lufthansa flights will be affected and at which airports.

Flybe has responded to the threat of industrial action by increasing capacity on a number of flights to Germany.

The airline is to operate larger aircraft on routes to Germany from Birmingham airport, Southampton airport and Manchester airport.

Flybe operates the following routes from Germany:

• Dusseldorf to: Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton
• Frankfurt to: Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton
• Hannover to: Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton
• Hamburg to: Birmingham
• Stuttgart to: Birmingham.

Flybe is to extend its schedule of winter flights from six UK airports.

The extended winter flights to 12 ski destinations will be available on Saturdays from Birmingham Airport, Exeter, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Norwich and Southampton Airport.

Mike Rutter, Chief Commercial Officer, Flybe, says: “Our winter schedule only went on sale two weeks ago, but already we’ve seen such great demand, we’re extending 12 ski routes for Saturday travel through Easter and beyond. To ensure the very best possible fares on these hugely popular routes, people should book so they don’t miss out.”

Next time you are at Southampton Airport keep an eye out for the new team of ‘Airport Ambassadors’.

The purpose of the new ambassadors is to proactively help passengers travelling through the airport and ensure they find the airport friendly and easy to use. The team is currently trialling the iPod iTouch on behalf of all BAA’s UK airports to provide up-to-date information for passengers whether they need the latest train times, local tourist information or even the weather forecast at their destination.

Mark Knox, Customer Service Director at Southampton Airport, commented: “Excellent customer service is a real priority at Southampton Airport, and this new team is proving extremely popular with our passengers. By being fully mobile, the team can really provide a first class service to passengers throughout the airport.”

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Passengers travelling to Southampton Airport are being warned of major road works due to be carried out by Hampshire County Council.

The road works will take place between 30 June and November 2008 on the A335 Southampton Road in Eastleigh – from Romsey Road to Chestnut Avenue.

A signed temporary diversion route will run via Romsey Road, Leigh Road, Passfield Avenue and Stoneham Lane to the main interchange roundabout for Southampton Airport and M27 Junction 5.

Significant delays are expected, particularly at peak times, and passengers are advised to allow plenty of extra time for their journey to the airport.

Full details of public transport to Southampton airport and updates on the Eastleigh engineering works can be found on Hampshire County Council’s website or call 0845 603 5633.

Passenger numbers are up again at Southampton Airport. In May the airport handled 187,122 passengers, an increase of 6.9% on May 2007.

To accommodate increased passenger numbers and to speed up their transit through the airport, BAA Southampton has invested more than £3 million in three new check-in desks and a major upgrade to baggage handling facilities. Flybe has also installed 10 new self-service kiosks, two of which are located in the short-stay car park.

The improved baggage facilities incorporate the latest security technology and enables the airport to almost a double the of the amount of baggage it can handle every hour.

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BAA has announced the appointment of a managing director for its new airports division.

Stephen Peat will join BAA on 1 July from Amey Rail and will be responsible for running six of BAA’s seven UK Airports: Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh airport, Glasgow airport, Aberdeen airport and Southampton airport.